Scene
Why photographers should never be on the dancefloor
A photographer with a flash on the dancefloor is a violation of the space. Not a minor inconvenience — a...
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Scene
The smoking ban changed the music
There is a theory — developed from observing dancefloor behavior across two countries — that smoking bans on dancefloors directly...
Dark Culture
Gossip is Google reviews for the underground
Gossip is a necessary evil and tool. Something to keep us all honest with each other. That is the position,...
Dark Culture
Platforms come and go. Email addresses are portable.
Instagram can delete your account tomorrow. TikTok can get banned. Twitter can change the algorithm and bury your reach. Every...
Scene
The queer scene’s hypocrisy problem
The queer community built large parts of the music scene’s infrastructure — clubs, safe spaces, bookings, entire genres of dance...
Scene
The scene is a meat grinder
The rave scene chews people up and spits them out. Not the audience — the operators. The DJs, the promoters,...
Scene
Meritocracy vs identity lineups
The question that splits the NYC underground in half: should DJ lineups reflect the demographics of the scene, or should...
Dark Culture
Dark taste vs dark culture
Dark culture is the aesthetic category. Goth, industrial, darkwave — it existed as a named genre well before techno absorbed...
BTS
Sober at your own events is underrated
The starkest documentation of what happens when the operator drinks at his own event is a NYE incident that I...
Scene
4am hard stops are killing techno
New York City forces most nightlife venues to close at 4am. Some close at 3am. A handful have permits that...